Siddipet, also natively spelt as Siddipeta, is a city in the
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
n state of
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
. It is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
and serves as the headquarters of
the Siddipet district.
It is located about north of the state capital,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
, and from
Warangal
Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 811,844 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an .
Warangal serv ...
. The District Headquarters and Police Commissionerate is located at the Siddipet city.
Siddipet is a regional urban hub and educational centre.
Demographics
As of the 2011
Census of India
The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1872. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the R ...
, Siddipet had a population of 111,358.
Governance
Siddipet municipality was formed in the year 1952. It is spread over an area of with 34 municipal wards.
Politics
Members of Parliament
*1952–1966: ''Constituency does not exist''
*2008 onwards: ''Constituency does not exist''
Siddipet falls under the
Siddipet Assembly constituency and is, in turn, part of
Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) of the
Telangana Legislative Assembly
The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members.
The members of the ''Vidhana Sabha'' ...
.
Harish Rao is the current Cabinet Minister for Finance, Medical and Health representing the Siddipet Assembly constituency.
Economy
Spread over 3 acres of land, a 4-story IT tower was inaugurated by Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao and finance minister T. Harish Rao on June 15, 2023. The IT Tower has four floors and has been allocated to 17 companies.
As per IT Ministry the IT tower in siddipet will be expanded and a T-Hub centre will be established soon.
Education
Siddipet has a variety of higher education institutes. Since 2018, it has its own
Government Medical College. In 2023, a 1,000 bed government hospital was inaugurated by the medical college.
Transport
Road
Siddipet is well connected to nearby villages with
State Highway 1. The
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TGSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by bifurcating the Andhra Pradesh State Ro ...
public transport buses to major destinations from Siddipet. A new national highway numbered
NH 365B connects Siddipet with different district headquarters of the state
Suryapet
Suryapet, also natively spelt as Suryapeta, is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its Suryapet district, eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the ...
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Jangaon-Siddipet-
Siricilla.
TSRTC operates buses from Siddipet to Karimnagar, Hyderabad, Vemulawada, Tirupati, Mumbai, Shirdi, Godavarikhani, Kaleswaram, Ananthapur, Bangalore, and Srisailam.
Airports
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the nearest airport at a distance of 147 km by road. The other two nearest airports to Siddipet are
Ramagundam Airport and
Warangal Airport. The government has plans to develop and run flights to this station under an initiative of the
UDAN plan.
Railway
Siddipet railway station is part of the
Manoharabad-Kothapalli rail line.
The Manoharabad - Siddipet portion of the line was inaugurated on 3 October 2023 with a regular
Secunderabad
Secunderabad () is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South ...
-Siddipet
DEMU train service.
The full line was completed in 2025.
This will connect the city to
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
,
Secunderabad
Secunderabad () is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South ...
,
Karimnagar
Karimnagar, also informally known as Elagandula, is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration in the state. It is third largest City in the state and Municipal Corporation and i ...
,
Peddapalli and
Ramagundam
Ramagundam is a city under Ramagundam Municipal Corporation, municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under t ...
etc.
Notable people
*
K. Chandrashekar Rao
*
T. Harish Rao
Thanneeru Harish Rao (born 3 June 1972) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Telangana Legislative Assembly. He previously served as the Minister of Medical - Health and ...
*
Kapu Rajaiah
*
Sampoornesh Babu
Notes
References
{{Municipalities of Telangana
Cities in Telangana
Cities and towns in Siddipet district
Siddhi people